Rafe B.

Rafe B.

@digitaldiscipline.bsky.social

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You know who I am.
And if not, you probably want to keep it that way.

He/Him (they if you're nasty). Trying to be a better ally.
ACAB. Fuck TFG and fuck you if you voted for him.

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Which candidate would you rather have watch your pet for a week? If they can't be trusted with that, they can't be trusted in government. Vote accordingly.

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If you ever want to understand why the privacy rationale for abortion and contraception is more important and vital than ever, this is it.

JD Vance opposes the Biden Admin rule barring law enforcement from having access to your medical records about reproductive health (menstrual cycles, endometriosis, miscarriages, pregnancy, etc.) so that state laws limiting abortion and/or contraception can be enforced against you!

JD Vance, Menstrual Surveillance Hawktalkingpointsmemo.com This Spring HHS finalized new regulations under HIPAA to limit law enforcement...

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I'm not going to lie to you, one of the main reasons we got the church is that when I looked up in the balcony, I said to myself "that would be a really cool place for a library." And so it is.

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This Prime Day, let's all remember back to that time that Amazon was bootlegging my merchandise: www.theverge.com/22924353/art... Anyways, use the code AMAZONCRIME to save 15% off of legit merchandise at effinbirds.com until tomorrow.

Hipster Viking Amy

"This IM could have been an email."

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And I also remind you that BOOKSHOP DOT ORG is still doing free shipping until tonight, and that supports indie stores, as well. So go on, get after it. Books are cool. Books are your friend. Books make you A BETTER HUMAN and contain CURSES and HEXES against your many foes. Probably. Whatever.

That is the face of anal leakage being compared to Eduardo Cruz.

This is the face of a man experiencing anal leakage

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Fortunately, the Supreme Court just ruled on a workaround for this!

At the risk of being precisely who everyone expects me to be, I don’t think you can put term limits on justices without a constitutional amendment, and I’m 100% confident at least five current justices think you can’t.

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if you are in Milwaukee and you are gay and on grindr you have the opportunity to change this country forever

i know grindr has to be going CRAZY in Milwaukee right now

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With four days remaining before voting is closed, a final plea: please vote for the October Daye books for Best Series. The beautiful irony of a series that began because I couldn't figure out how else to make a living off a folklore degree and a thesis about "Tam Lin" would be glorious.

I had someone get shirty with me a couple years ago when I called DiSantis voters "horrible people voting for horrible people." My opinion has not changed. www.cltampa.com/news/florida...

Florida Republican called pregnant women 'host bodies' fives times while discussing anti-abortion bill | Creative Loafing Tampa Baywww.cltampa.com It wasn't a simple slip of the tongue, either.

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This is a really good time if you're not already connected to local groups and organizations organizing around particular issues to find ones in your communities that could use your talents and skills.

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I remember when we had real trolls. Ones who actually worked for it, not just crowing “You’re mad, I win!” over exchanges that wouldn’t offend an elderly maiden aunt. ‘Course it was uphill both ways to the internet back then.

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This is a BFD and reflects both a recognition of deep structural reforms and a tectonic shift in the politics of the Supreme Court. It isn't everything we need but it's a big, big deal. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

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They have such winning ideas like “why don’t we charge people who want to know if that tornado is gonna hit their house.”

The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reportswww.theatlantic.com Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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This problem bugged me ferociously as well until I looked at the possible outcomes. Then it's obvious, statically speaking, you should switch doors.

This is a delightful interactive exploration of the Monty Hall problem, a probability test that has thwarted a lot of mathematicians (including Paul Erdos). From a new perspective, it finally starts to make sense ... 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-... by @parshallison.bsky.social

Why Almost Everyone Gets the Monty Hall Probability Puzzle Wrongwww.scientificamerican.com How to finally wrap your mind around the uniquely counterintuitive Monty Hall dilemma

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I implore people to look at polling data on abortion in swing states www.prri.org/spotlight/ex...

those are shattering, republican-ending majorites. there's a 2/3 chance of someone who spends a healthy amount of time thinking about politics ([i_wish_that_was_me.jpg]) voting wholesale against the GOP simply by letting them know, "these candidates are pro-choice"

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Just a reminder about how Business Plot 1.0 went down

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this is why I go insane when people share that 538 piece saying the 2022 polls were really good. no they weren't! shut up! don't gaslight me, I was fucking there! _EVERYONE_ thought it was a red wave except a few of us who looked at special election results vs. their polls and said "uhhhhh no".

I would add as a little coda that this tactic was hilariously ineffective back in 2022 Nobody could talk about anything but the "red wave" all year but it just wasn't so

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Let's keep this contextualizing coverage energy going: Here's David Frum (yeah, even him) saying "Violence stalks the president who has rejoiced in violence to others." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

*shakes tiny, ineffectual fist*

Arcturus SaDiablo

*learns about steubenville style* I respect the concept, but i don't think it's for me

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This. This. This a thousand times

The reason that the language of domestic abuse and the language of authoritarianism looks the same is because it's just the same thing on a different scale.

superb.

There are some games where you root for the small asteroid.

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Psst: Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders. Pass it on.